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Saturday 23 September 2017

Norwegian ringed Bar-tailed Godwit seen in Kerry

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black Rock, 17th September 2017 (Kilian Kelly).

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black Rock, 17th September 2017 (Kilian Kelly).

Thanks to Kilian Kelly for sending us details of a recent finding of a Norwegian ringed Bar-tailed Godwit seen at Black Rock on Friday last.

Ring no: Stavanger 7218386
Yellow flag  NCM (Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia, red colour ring. Right tibia, yellow flag  engraved with three black letters NCM).
Age/sex/ biometric: Male M1K, hatched 2017.
Ringing date: 06.09.2016.
Ringing place: Revtangen (58*45'10''N-005*29'25''E) Klepp, Rogaland, Norway.

Finding date: 17.09.2017.
Observed: Black Rock (52*21'N-009*50'W), Ballinprior, Kerry, IRELAND
Distance: 1270 km WSW. Direction: 236 deg. 11 days after ringing.
Remarks: Photodocumented. Feeding with ca 50 other Bar-tailed Godwits and other species.
Observed  by: Killian Kelly.

A 1270 km journey for our Bar-tailed Godwit.